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Missouri was admitted as a state on August 10, 1821, and the United States Congress established the United States District Court for the District of Missouri on March 16, 1822. [2] [3] [4] The District was assigned to the Eighth Circuit on March 3, 1837. [2] [5] Congress subdivided it into Eastern and Western Districts on March 3, 1857.
Missouri currently holds two courts: Eastern [1] and Western. [2] These district-level courts are part of the first tier of the U.S. federal judicial system; cases can be appealed to the Eighth Circuit. District court judges are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. [Note 1]
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was eliminated and a new United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois was created in its place on October 2, 1978. There are a few additional extinct district courts that fall into neither of the above two patterns.
He served in the Missouri National Guard from 1989 to 1995, attaining the rank of sergeant. [1] He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law in 1997. Bough served as a law clerk to Judge Scott Olin Wright of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. From 1999 to 2002, he ...
The following is a list of all judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia.
On July 9, 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bartlett to be a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri in Kansas City, for a seat vacated by Judge John Watkins Oliver. The United States Senate confirmed Bartlett on September 16, 1981, and he received his commission on September 19, 1981 ...
Brian Curtis Wimes (born January 18, 1966) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Despite his dual appointment, Wimes maintains chambers only in the Western District of Missouri.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; In office August 1, 1996 – August 27, 2011: Appointed by: Bill Clinton: Preceded by: Joseph E. Stevens Jr. Succeeded by: Brian C. Wimes: Personal details; Born February 11, 1946 (age 78)